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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 8.0 [DOWNLOAD]

  • * Create accurately scaled floor plans, change colors, countertops, cabinets, flooring styles and more
  • Thousands of items in the built-in library include furniture, fixtures, lighting, doors, windows, and more. Place name brand products in your design or import your own to visualize colors and textures
  • Choose from over 6,000 library items and download free bonus items
  • Plant Encyclopedia – get detailed information on popular plants, learn which ones are best for your climate using the Hardiness Zone Map
  • Automatic Cost Estimation and Materials list help assign costs for materials, calculate quantities, and more

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HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite

  • Build a Green Kitchen—HGTV will help you plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances
  • Wizard-driven interface makes any project easy, plus 30+ HGTV How-To Video Tips and a printed user guide to get you started
  • Photorealistic 3D Technology with virtual walkaround and thousands of 3D appliances, furniture, lighting and more
  • Easy room makeovers–start with your own digital picture; appropriate for all home styles, with thousands of sample home plans
  • Includes free technical support

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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0

  • Professional features such as blue prints, manual framing, roofing; Advanced CAD editing tools such as replicate, line weights, point-to-point move, custom patterns and more
  • Fully editable dimension lines and configurable dimension editing allow you to change where dimensions locate walls, windows, doors and other objects
  • Use Automatic Build Terrain and Terrain Perimeter tools to create flat, irregular shaped, or sloped lots–use a GPS to import or enter elevation data
  • Use the Cabinet Designer tools to create unlimited cabinet styles; choose your own colors, counter tops and door styles
  • ICC Residential Design Checklist will allow you to check your plan against national building codes

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HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite

  • Build a Green Kitchen—HGTV will help you plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances
  • Wizard-driven interface makes any project easy, plus HGTV How-To Video Tips and a printed user guide to get you started
  • Photorealistic 3D Technology with virtual walkaround and thousands of 3D appliances, furniture, lighting and more
  • Easy room makeovers–start with your own digital picture
  • Includes free technical support